NBDC Science and Reflection Workshop

4-6 May 2011

Cross-Theme Synthesis, Reflection

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Friday 5 May: 08:30 - 10:30
Organizer: Tilahun and Peter
Rapporteur: Meron and Tsehay

NBDC coordination update

1. Brief resume of activities: Capacity building (Tilahun) - Communications (Peter) 15 mins

Below are the points captured from participants reflections on the 2 issues:

Capacity Building:

1. How to communicate and facilitate training to woreda people should be focused on..
2. Strongly facilities needed for capacity building of our MSC and PHD student and technical training at the ground level.
3. Capacity building at the ground level and how to collect data with communities could be capacitated at woreda and Kebele level.
4. There should be strategies for the technicians to let them know the data is very essential as well as to farmers.
5. As more students are coming to NBDC, we need some mechanisms how to build the capacity of those students and building innovation platforms.
6. The capacity building should be prioritized starting from institutions to farmers to be sustainable and also to combine the two.
7. Capacity building also includes in follow of information , it is necessary to have a strong link b/n the NBDC and the mass
8. Capacity building should focus on woreda’s and extension workers using provided resources
9. Who needs the capacity building and why, look for impact pathways what capacity building needed to whom and when? What skills are needed ……….
10. Capacity building with regards to NBDC has to focus on training for sustainable water shade.
11. Capacity build should respond to policy and decision makers
12. Lots of students are getting fund from NBDC but there is no link b/n the partners and the project

Communication:

1. Communication should focus how to integrate the research technicians with the community
2. A lot has already done on the internal communications with a project..., But we don’t know how the communication held b/n the partners and the project.
3. The communication is going to contribute to the project growth and also to the data contribution
4. The communications tools developed so far are not accessible to woreda level we should also focus on translating documents to extension workers as well
5. It is not enough to generate knowledge only it is good to have demonstration sites for farmers to see and replicate.
6. Communication with grass root level has not done yet, it might be a good idea to use radio and video communication with grass root people.
7. How to build the knowledge and the data within the institute
8. Knowledge and skills at the institute level are very good but we need to give attention to the grass root level too, gender should be addressed at the ground level.

2. CPWF advertisement [Boru] 15 mins


Workshop Synthesis

1. The Reflection wall - What we learned in the 5 sessions [Shirley] PRESENTATION

2. CPWF reflectors - observations on the issues discussed in relation to wider CPWF 20 mins (2 x 10 mins)

3. Volta perspectives on this meeting - take away messages 10 mins

4. Project leaders - any changes needed for our ongoing project planning? 20 mins (4 x 5 mins)


Closing Remarks - Debbie (10 mins)
including Storage tank - Issues and topics for further discussion and action